Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2002, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to implement education decentralization and improvement measures, including the establishment of a weighted student formula for allocating moneys to public schools.

Your Committee on Conference finds that the provisions of this bill have been addressed in another measure. Furthermore, the After-school Plus (A+) program, which provides after-school services for public school students throughout the State, has suffered from a continual decline in financial support. The A+ program would significantly benefit from having a dedicated fund that would allow it to have a consistent source of funding.

Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by deleting its contents and inserting provisions that:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2002, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2002, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.